My daughters, my wife, and the woman who introduced my wife and I almost 30 years ago, making the daughters possible...
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Yeah, all but the first one, which is a straight unfiltered jpeg. The filter is great with clouds in the sky but with a bright clear sky, it adds a weird dark cast to the sky that just doesn't work at all. You can see it in the 3rd shot from the bottom in the sky above the clouds. There are enough clouds in that shot and the last shot for it to work well enough, but when its ALL blue sky filled with that weird grayish cast, it looks pretty terrible. Its one of those things I like the results of more often than not, but when it doesn't work, the results are pretty bad. So I guess I'd only use it a bracket mode so I always have a clean shot along with it.

The post processing really reminds me so much of what I've seen done with the Nik iPad software...which I covet. Having seen Alf's and Karen's and Christina's snapseed (and I am sure I'm forgetting other people's here) and then watching the Nik video, I am extremely interested in getting a hold of this combination. Let's see would a good iPad plus snapseed equal the cost an E-P3?:tongue:

for the most part some very nice pictures. Is this home, or a trip you took?

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Thanks Dave. It used to be home - we lived in downtown Seattle, one of the neighborhoods, and also out in the burbs for about 12-13 years altogether. Now its a visit - our daughter lives there and we have a bunch of old friends there. This is the first time I've been back since I've been heavily into photography again...